[Federal Register: June 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 125)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Counties Payments Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Counties Payments Committee has scheduled a meeting
to discuss how it will provide Congress with the information specified
in Section 320 of the Fiscal Year 2001 Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on July 12, 2007. The meeting will
consist of a business meeting from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Council Room on the 2nd
floor at the Holiday Inn on the Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20001. Written comments concerning this meeting should
be addressed to Randle G. Phillips, Executive Director, Forest Counties
Payments Committee, P.O. Box 34718, Washington, DC 20043-4713. Comments
may also be sent via e-mail to rphillips01@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile
to 202-273-4750.
All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are
placed in the record and are available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect comments received at USDA Forest
Service, Franklin Court Building, Ste. 5500W, 1099 14th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 202-208-
6574 to facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randle G. Phillips, Executive
Director, Forest Counties Payments Committee, at 202-208-6574 or via e-
mail at rphillips01@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through
Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 320 of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act of 2001 created the Forest Counties
Payments Committee to make recommendations to Congress on a long-term
solution for making Federal payments to eligible States and counties in
which Federal lands are situated. The Committee will consider the
impact on eligible States and counties of revenues from the historic
multiple use of Federal lands; evaluate the economic, environmental,
and social benefits which accrue to counties containing Federal lands;
evaluate the expenditures by counties on activities occurring on
Federal lands, which are Federal responsibilities; and monitor payments
and implementation of The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393).
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Dated: June 25, 2007.
Tim DeCoster,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. E7-12622 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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